Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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